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The mobile payment wars are making their way to a grocery store near you.

Kroger Co., the largest U.S. supermarket chain, will begin offering JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Chase Pay mobile wallet in certain markets beginning next year, the two companies said Tuesday in a statement. The partnership will be Kroger's first venture into mobile payments as the retailer seeks to bring its shopping experience into the digital age.

Mobile payments have been slow to take off in the U.S. compared with other parts of the world as some merchants have balked at the higher fees associated with the technology and consumers have shown little interest in embracing it. Only about 0.5 percent of...

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